Harness-pad



(Nomad.)

C. F. G. STENDER.

HARNESS PAD.

No. 453,249. Patented June 2, 1891l y UNITED STATES CHARLES F. G.STENDER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HARNESS-PAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 453,249, dated J une 2,1891.

Application fled March 15, 1890.

To @ZZ whom, it may concern.u

Be it known that I, CHAELEs F. G. STENDER, a citizen ofthe UnitedStates, residing in Chicago, in the county of Cook, and State ofIllinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Harness-Pads, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in harness-pads, and moreparticularly to improvements in the filling or packing for pads ofharness lsaddles or trees. I'Ieretofore in the manufacture of these padsthe leather covering or bottom piece of the pad has been first tacked orotherwise secured to the leather nutpiece and then the packing orfilling, consisting usually of hair, has been stuffed in through anopening left at the end. Pads of this construction must each beseparately made, and it is difficult to pack the hair or fillingmaterial into the leather shell so as to give a smooth, uniform, andproper shape to the finished pad, and the p'ads so constructed areliable to lose their shape when subjected to wear or when exposed todampness. These pads are also of a comparatively expensive construction,each having to be separately and individually made and requiring skilledlabor.

The object of my invention is to provide a harness -pad of a simple,efcient, and durable construction, having the requisite flexibility andelasticity, which .will not be injured or misshapen by wear or exposure,and the filling or packing material of which may be shaped prior to itsinsertion in the leather case or shell of the pad, so that the pads maybe manufactured very rapidly and cheaply.

Tothis end myinvention consistsof a pad for use on harness-saddles andtrees or for other purposes, consisting of a leather case or shell and afieXible elastic filling molded to shape. The flexible elastic filling.I make or prefer to make of papier-mache or paper-pulp or otheranalogous material. The papier-mache is first pressed in a moistcondition into a mold conforming in shape and size to the pad desired t0be made. rThe molded papier-mache filling is then dried in any suitablemanner. To insert it in its leather case or shell, I prefer to place thebottom piece or fiexible leather covering of the pad in a moldcorresponding in shape to the pad. I then place the flexible Serial No.344,043. (No model.)

molded filling in the mold inside such leather covering, and then, afterpressing or hammery ing the two snugly together into place in the mold,I put the top piece of the pad in place and tack or otherwise secure thebottom or covering piece thereto. My flexible molded pad-fillings may bemanufactured in quantities, and, as they retain their shape perfectlywhen dried, they may be kept'for any length of time and sold and shippedas an article of manufacture for use by harness-makers.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification,and in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts, Figure lis a side elevation of a device embodying my invention as applied to anordinary harness saddle or tree. l Fig. 2 is a detail side view of theflexible molded filling for the pad. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same.Fig. 4 is a cross-section on line 4 4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is alongitudinal section of a mold which may be used'in the manufacture ofthe pad for closing the bottom piece or covering of the pad around theflexible molded filling. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a mold suitablefor use in making or molding the papier-mache filling.

It will be understood, however, that my improved flexible moldedpad-filling may be used in the manufacture of otherpads or pads ofdifferent form than that shown in the drawings.

In t-he drawings, A represents the metal plate of the saddle or tree, AA the turrets, and A2 the hook of an ordinary harness sad dle or tree.

B is the flexible bottom orleather covering .is in a moist condition,and then, after being thus pressed into the mold and molded to the shaperequired, the filling D is next dried.

lVhen thus dried, it will perfectly retain its` shape, and at the sametime be sufficiently fiexible and elastic to make a proper filling orpacking for pads. As the filling' D is TOOformedorshapedbypressingthepapier-mache or pulp into a smooth mold, itis obvious that the pad-filling D will have a perfectly smooth surface,and that the pads may be made of a perfectly smooth and uniform shape.After the pad-fillings D are thus dried the bottom piece or covering Bof the pad is placed in a suitable mold, as E. Then the molded filling Dis inserted in the mold Within the bottom piece B, and then, thenut-plate or coveringplate C, with the re-enforcing plate C', being putin place and pressed or hammered firmly down, the edges of thecovering-piece B are tacked down or otherwise secured to the nutpiece C.In this way the pads may be very rapidly and cheaply manufactured, andthe pads when constructed will be flexible and of a perfectly smooth anduniform shape and will not be liable to lose their shape or form by wearor exposure.

The same mold which is used for molding` or shaping the filling D mayalso be used in the manufacture of the pad, as the filling D will shrinksomewhat in drying.

I have shown and described my invention as applied to the manufacture ofharnesspads of the particular kind or class shownin the drawings; but Idesire it to be understood that my invention may be applied to themanufacture of other shapes and kinds of harness-pads.

I claim*- The combination, in a harness-pad, of the flexible leatherbottom piece or covering B with a light flexible molded iibrous lling D,of pulp or papier-mache and nut-piece C, said iiexible bottom piece Bbeing folded around said flexible fibrous molded filling D and havingits edges secured to said nut-piece C, and said filling D being adaptedto yield or bend Without granulating, cracking, or breaking,substantially as specified.

CI-IAS. F. G. STENDER.

'itnesses:

II. M. MUNDAY, EMMA HACK.

